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howardite

howardite noun: an achondritic stony meteorite.

Noun

howardite (plural howardites)

  1. An achondritic stony meteorite.
    • The recommended criterion is based on the amount of magnesian ortho‐pyroxenite (diogenite) component in the meteorite. Howardites contain more than 10% and polymict eucrites contain less than 10%.1983, Jeremy S. Delaney et al., “The Nomenclature of Polymict Basaltic Achondrites”, in Meteoritics & Planetary Science, volume 18, number 2, →DOI

Forms of howardite

pluralhowardites

Origin of howardite

From Howard + -ite, after Edward Howard, a pioneer of meteoritics.

Words formed from howardite

Questions about howardite

What does howardite mean?
Howardite means an achondritic stony meteorite.
What part of speech is howardite?
Howardite is a noun.
What is the plural of howardite?
The plural of howardite is howardites.

Words near howardite in the dictionary

  1. Howard Beach
  2. Howard County
  3. Howard's battlers
  4. howardevansite
  5. Howardian
  6. howardite
  7. howardites
  8. howarditic
  9. Howards
  10. Howards Grass
  11. Howarth

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